What Chuck Does

Tagged?

So my buddy Larry ‘tagged’ me. Now I’m supposed to disclose 7 titillating facts about myself and then tag 7 new people. Problem is, I don’t know 7 people online and even less on tumblr so I dunno how this is supposd to work. At first I figured on just blowing this off, but what the hell this could be fun… Now I gotta come up with 7 things that Catherine and Larry may or may not know about me…

1. I am a huge flirt. While I’m usually seen flirting with attractive girls, I’ll flirt with anyone. Men, women, parents, kids, and pets… I find that the older I get, the less I discriminate. Must be an old-age thing.
2. I’ll let you win. I’m a crowd pleaser. My main goal is usually to maximize the fun of audience, especially when it’s one-on-one. I guess it’s an older brother thing. It’s no fun when it’s not even close, so I’ll pretend to lose every once in a while to make it fun for others. Unless you’re Larry, I almost never let Larry win.
3. I’m fiercely competitive. Hahaha I know I just said, “I’ll let you win” (see above). But basically if you talk trash or if you think you’re better than me, I’ll destroy you. The sad thing is that I’m pretty good at almost everything that I do… so chances are, I’m better than you. In a nutshell you shouldn’t challenge me unless you know for sure you can beat me.
4. I’m a fast learner. Well really it’s just that I’m pretty good at recreational games/sports. Here’s my secret: I excel at bio/physical-feedback oriented “activities”. This includes (but not limited to) sports and musical instruments. Here’s what I suck at: soccer. That’s it, can’t think of anything else really. Email me if you remember something that I suck at.
5. I think Chace Crawford is hot. Strike that, I think he’s gorgeous. Hey, I’m an equal opportunity employer. Look, any guy who doesn’t think Chace Crawford is hot is either lying or extremely homophobic. Oh and while we’re at it, yes I watch Gossip Girl.
6. I have an obsessive personality. Sometimes my mind runs in closed-loops. I get addicted to certain things and then can’t take my mind off of it or stop doing whatever it is. It can be a game, sport, activity, or even a person. This is why I can’t do cocaine and will likely refuse to if ever provided the opportunity.
7. I don’t like blondes. Well, not that I don’t like them, but I don’t find them as attractive as brunettes. Dunno why. Just don’t. Maybe it’s because Asians are dark-haired and dark-featured. I also don’t dig light-colored eyes. I like dark-colored eyes. Maybe I’m really just racist :) LOL.

I’m going to tag a bunch of people who don’t have blogs but will still have the responsibility of providing 7 titillating facts about themselves:

Ryan, Catherine, Jasmine, Mel, Andrew, Yugi, Tony

周杰倫 - 魔術先生 (Jay Chou - Mr. Magic)

不要問我到底什麼才是真的
我變給你看的感情才是真的
因為無時無刻我只想你快樂

rough translation:
Please don’t ask what (part of my magic) is real or not
The feelings I give you are what’s real
Cuz at any given moment, I just want you to be happy…

Shamelessly this is the my attitude towards presentations and human relationships. Sadly and admittedly, I used to think the heart of converation and relationship-building was in the facts and truth.

Now I realize it’s more like magic. :)

Introvert or Extrovert

It’s a running joke really, I tell people “I’m actually an introvert”, they laugh and I smile. Up until recently I really thought I was an introvert. And up until recently, I really believed that I was an introvert. Not that it makes much difference because it’s just a label, but the significance is with how you identify yourself and how you see yourself.

I had many reasons to believe that I was introverted. I have a persistently strong internal dialogue (monologue). I get really tired when I have to be around people for days at a time and then thoroughly enjoy my downtime afterwards. Sometimes it’s a tremendous effort to be social/friendly.

But I like people too much and most of the aforementioned reasons for being an introvert no longer apply except having a strong internal dialogue (monologue)… so I dunno. Am I an introvert? The following are the dictionary.com definitions of each.

extrovert - Psychology. a person characterized by extroversion; a person concerned primarily with the physical and social environment

introvert - Psychology. a person characterized by concern primarily with his or her own thoughts and feelings (opposed to extrovert ).

Personally I think I’m a “socialized extrovert”, that I have introverted tendencies but over time and because of social pressures, I’ve learned to be an extrovert. I’m starting to realize that the only thing that’s really worth anything over time is the value of the relationships you build with people throughout your life. Let’s see how this argument pans out.

Backsolving the High

I experienced something incredibly strange yesterday. I was high from the point I woke up around 11:30am to about 3pm. Now let me qualify “high”. I woke up literally singing and dancing. I was happy completely awake and partying from the moment I opened my eyes. Now this isn’t unusual if you’ve been snorting cocaine all morning but I wasn’t (in fact I have never snorted cocaine in my entire life). I was out the night-before and had been sleeping off the alcohol. What’s even stranger is that I had no hangover, wasn’t tired, and was not dehydrated/sick. About the only after-effect I experienced yesterday from the night-before was a bit of haziness of the mind. Otherwise I was pretty much completely normal, as much as can be possible for me. After my high I didn’t “crash”, fall asleep, or anything else.

Here’s what I had to drink:
3 shots of Scotch with pomegranate tea
2 shots of Scotch on the rocks
2 or 3 whiskey Cokes
1 shot of Jaeger something
1 shot of Tequila

Here’s what I had to eat:
2 McDonald’s cheeseburgers (before)
1 McDonald’s french fries (before)
1 slice of Pepperoni pizza (after)

That’s it. Unless the bartender slipped some drugs in my drinks I guess the secret is to eat McDonald’s before going out!

Theoretical Astronomy Ph.D.

I met a girl getting her Ph.D. in Theoretical Astronomy while playing volleyball at Cal Tech yesterday. She might possbily be the smartest person I’ve ever met. From Wikipedia:

Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον), “star”, and nomos (νόμος), “law”) is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth’s atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation). It is concerned with the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects, as well as the formation and development of the universe.

Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences. Astronomers of early civilizations performed methodical observations of the night sky, and astronomical artifacts have been found from much earlier periods. However, the invention of the telescope was required before astronomy was able to develop into a modern science. Historically, astronomy has included disciplines as diverse as astrometry, celestial navigation, observational astronomy, the making of calendars, and even astrology, but professional astronomy is nowadays often considered to be synonymous with astrophysics. Since the 20th century, the field of professional astronomy split into observational and theoretical branches. Observational astronomy is focused on acquiring and analyzing data, mainly using basic principles of physics. Theoretical astronomy is oriented towards the development of computer or analytical models to describe astronomical objects and phenomena. The two fields complement each other, with theoretical astronomy seeking to explain the observational results, and observations being used to confirm theoretical results.

I have a hard time keeping score when playing volleyball up to a game of 21 points and this chick is doing string theory calculations and stuff!

Earthquake Drill

We’re having an Earthquake Drill at work today. Woohoo!

Dear Tenants,

Please be reminded that the Great Southern California ShakeOut Drill (www.shakeout.org for more information) is today at 10:00 a.m.  we encourage you to participate and use the drill as a tool to develop your internal business disaster plan for your employees.

In order to add to the authenticity factor of the drill, an audio recording has been developed simulating the sounds associated with an earthquake.  It will be broadcast on KFWB Radio – AM 980 at 10:00 a.m. today, and may be downloaded to individual computers in MP3 format via www.shakeout.org/drill/broadcast.html

Regards,

Senior Property Manager

Idiots Posting Crap on the Internet

3 days ago I griped about how some of the guitar tabs for Aslyn’s That’s When I Love You made absolutely no sense. Yesterday I finally found out why. You see, there is no true entry barrier to posting on the Internet. You can be a genius or you can be a complete moron. There’s pretty much no discrimination for what makes its way online.

The C#/D is by definition a C# chord with a D bass note but on all the websites I can find for That’s When I Love You they mean a D major chord with a C# bass note. So basically one person uploads faulty chords/tabs and then all the websites copy each other because whoever wrote these tabs got it ass backwards. So the F#/D and C#/D are really D majors with different bass notes. Playing it on the piano yesterday I finally deciphered their idiocy. With that said, I have yet to figure out what their version of a diminished chord is because a Bdim in that song following a Bm is absolutely 100% wrong. There’s no way a Bdim follows a Bm in the prechorus.

We have a tendency to believe what we read particularly as it pertains to those topics in which we’re not well versed. Next time just remember that not everything you read on the Internet is true. There are a lot of idiots in the world. Many of them find their way onto the Internet and post a lot of crap.

蒲公英 is a Dandelion?!?

Don’t laugh. No one ever told me.